Another summer is here. We’ve had a very full school year with Ashley in 6th grade, Caitlin in 4th grade and Ethan and Sean in preschool for the first time. I was able to find a class in the local community center that they could both attend. Lots of people thinking they’re twins because of this but at 15 1/2 months apart it’s understandable 🙂

I have some personal goals this summer and I’ve decided that I need a little public accountability to achieve them. I want to have fun with the kids and I want to make sure that I am aware of the highlights of each day so that I don’t let the lowlights fool me into thinking that there was more lows than highs.

I’m also trying to lose weight. I’ve never been in this position before. Never been on a diet or worried about my weight. However, I turned forty last month (and love it!) and realized that I want to get back to my optimum weight. Ideally 126lbs but going for 130lbs by the end of the year. For the summer my goal is to get to 137lbs (you know the ideal pound a week for long term maintenance of the goal weight). I started an ab workout at the start of June and I’m loving it (that wasn’t the case at the start and I had to tweak it because of some back pain). My goal is to keep it up during the summer. Three days of ab workout followed by one rest day.

There are 68 days of Summer vacation this year (about 10 weeks). I hope putting this together each day will help me keep the Main Thing the Main Thing. Think: Fun and Fit!